Information processing apparatus which discriminates whether or not input information is stored in memory and controlling the switching from a first control program to a second control program

摘要

There is disclosed an information processing apparatus, such as a printer, capable of selectively using plural control programs by utilizing an external memory, such as a program cartridge, containing additional programs. When a switching of control program is requested for example by a switch, the start address of the requested program is indirectly obtained by referring to a fixed address of the memory cartridge containing the requested program.